overbalance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb weigh more heavily
    outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
    • these considerations outweigh our wishes
  2. verb cause to be off balance
    • It is not desirable to overbalance the budget

WordNet


O`ver*bal"ance transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. Locke.
  2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.
O"ver*bal`ance noun
Definitions
  1. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports. J. Edwards.

Webster 1913